County home rule study candidates are lining up

The candidates for the possible Lackawanna County Home Rule Charter Study Commission are emerging.
The people who had filed nominating petitions as of this morning are mostly politically active types. Some are entrenched politicians. We’ll let you decide who we mean.
One slate of candidates is composed of Mayfield Mayor Alexander Chelik, long an opponent of consolidated municipal government and bane of Scranton’s commuter tax; Jessup Councilwoman Lorraine Stevens; county prison guard and union leader William Shanley; and Valley View School Director Dominick Perini.
Another ticket is the husband-and-wife team of Charles and Mary Rose Spano of Scranton.
Michael J. Stuchlak Jr., who almost ran for commissioner two years ago but couldn’t because he didn’t get enough signatures on his nominating petitions, got enough this time. He’s running individually.
So are former Scranton city solicitor Frank J. Bolock Jr. and Michael A. Catanzaro, a gadfly at county commissioner meetings who was the treasurer for Laureen Cummings congressional campaign last year.
Still to come: Chuck Volpe’s slate of candidates.
– BORYS KRAWCZENUK

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